r/INDYCAR • u/Fit_Technician832 • 1d ago

Article Indycar's Best Passer 2024

https://racer.com/2024/12/25/who-was-indycars-best-overtaker-in-2024/
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u/AverageIndycarFan Will Power 1d ago

To nobody's surprise, Santino Ferrucci! I don't think anybody likes him but what he was able to do in that dump truck was absolutely mind blowing. I won't be surprised if he lands somewhere a lot better once the contract's up

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u/korko 1d ago

TIL Penske cars are “dump trucks”.

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u/Dachuiri Scott McLaughlin 1d ago

You and I both know that car is still very much a Foyt car.

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u/Mikemat5150 Kyle Kirkwood 1d ago

Except for the Penske dampers, engineers, and being part of Penske engineering debriefs.

I think we can all agree that it’s not the Foyt of old either.

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u/Fit_Technician832 1d ago

Lol yep. I think we all should be agreeing that it's clearly not the Foyt cars of old but certainly not a true Penske either.

Somewhere in the middle

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u/Ed_Severson Michael Armbrester, Engineer @ AJ Foyt Racing 1d ago

Penske dampers a generation behind what the Penske cars run, AJ Foyt engineers supplemented by one Penske race engineer, and zero Penske debriefs, but who’s counting?

They’ve helped, but let’s not get carried away here — there are plenty of AJ Foyt Racing employees who deserve credit for the team’s performance in 2024. It’s reductive to think otherwise.

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u/Mikemat5150 Kyle Kirkwood 21h ago

Thank you. I swear Ferucci/Power said they were debriefing together after the Portland pole but you’d know better than I!

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u/adri9428 1d ago

Now that Malukas has allegedly been "recommended" to Foyt by Penske, let's see how the team performs with two well regarded drivers.